Managed Healthcare Executive

Patient-facing EHR tool improves lung cancer screening identification

In a study of more than 31,000 adults, an EHR-integrated patient-facing tool significantly improved identification of ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Unpacking the costs of patient misidentification on a hospital’s bottom line

Hospitals’ methods for gathering patient information remain largely imprecise, which can lead to costly, long-lasting ramifications on hospital finances downstream. Many hospitals largely rely on ...
Fierce Healthcare

A Glance into Healthcare Innovation: Facial Biometrics for Accurate Patient Identification

Author: Dr. Sean Kelly, MD, Chief Medical Officer and VP Customer Strategy, Healthcare at Imprivata and Attending physician, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, ...
Forbes

Best Practices For Protecting Patient Data In SDTM Mapping

Handling sensitive patient data is a critical responsibility for organizations involved in clinical trials. To meet regulatory requirements, many rely on SDTM mapping—a process that converts raw ...
Computerworld

Hospital turns to palm reading to ID patients

NYU Langone Medical Center said it is the first hospital in the Northeast to use a biometric infrared scanning system that converts a digital palm image into a unique patient ID. The technology, ...